# Brad Stephens

Brad Stephens is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 20
- Serving since: 2019-06-29
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/49c0fac1-8cf0-48d2-8166-811afe9ac5c5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/49c0fac1-8cf0-48d2-8166-811afe9ac5c5 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Stephens voted against the majority of Illinois House Republicans 81 times; party unity 77%, in the bottom 5% of the Illinois House (average 96.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.01 (standard error 0.01), from 152 donors and 736 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.0% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 75% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 77% (96.7%). 81 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 105. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 16 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 855: MEMORIAL-THOMAS EICHLER (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR855/
- HR 831: COMMENDS-FELIX SAJI (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR831/
- HR 706: CONGRATS-EBINGER ELEMENTARY (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR706/
- HR 698: CONGRATS-WENDELL YOUNG (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR698/
- HB 5542: PARKS-ASSESSMENT WAIVER (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5542/
- HB 5543: PROPERTY TAX-INTEREST PENALTY (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5543/
- HB 5544: SAFETY-TECH (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5544/
- HB 5545: VEH CD-USE OF GREEN LIGHTS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5545/
- HR 611: CONGRATS-DR. NICK POLYAK (passed one chamber, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR611/
- HR 515: CONGRATS-MICHAEL K. DURKIN (passed one chamber, 2025-10-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR515/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $236.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3162
- Campaign site: https://repbradstephens.com/ https://repstephens.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepBradStephens
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repstephens/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repstephens?igsh=ZXFkN283Y2ZjMm9u
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepbradstephens?igsh=MTRoNXhucDQ4MGpqYQ==
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-stephens-a8aa14b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/49c0fac1-8cf0-48d2-8166-811afe9ac5c5